OUR EFCCM MINISTRY SUPPORT FINANCES

Primary financial resources for our EFCCM church planting and theological education ministry in Tokyo come from churches and individuals who choose to financially support our missionary work.

OUR EFCCM MINISTRY BUDGET

Tokyo is an expensive place to live so we find ways to keep costs down. But our ministry budget is still high. It covers salary, rental housing, ministry expenses, medical insurance, EFC of Canada Mission allocation (14%), etc.

We are grateful that in 2017 our ministry budget of CAN$130,150 / US$100,000 was fully met.

Ministry items not included in our ministry budget are covered through special financial projects called “ministry expansion funds.” These are usually one time or limited time projects.

OUR EFCCM MINISTRY EXPANSION FUND

TOKYO MULTICULTURAL CHURCH STARTUP FUND

Goal: up to CAN$1000 per month.

This fund provides partial financial subsidy for launching and establishing Tokyo Multicultural Church, especially rental facility costs. These are the kinds of expenses that a new church struggles with during the first 4-6 years of its life. Initial rental facility costs include damage deposit and realtor fees (about 4-6 months of rent), remodeling, and monthly rent. TMC’s ongoing rental costs, including utilities, are about CAN$3000/mo. At the five year mark (April 2018) TMC No.1 attenders were covering about 95% of all rental facility costs.

TMC No.1 will not access these funds after 2018. Instead, these funds will be applied to future TMC church planting projects. TMC is hoping to launch TMC No.2 in 2020.

Monthly contributions come from TMC partners and one time contributions from other churches and individuals. A TMC partner donates CAN$150/US$110 per month over a four year period, renewable (e.g., 2016-2020, 2018-2022, etc.).

TOKYO DISASTER PREPAREDNESS FUND

The megacity of Tokyo is situated in an area prone to earthquakes and flooding. In addition, an eruption of Mt. Fuji, an active volcano 100 kilometers west of Tokyo, would seriously affect the residents of Tokyo. The Tokyo metropolitan government is encouraging all residents to be prepared for the following three predicted triple disasters: earthquake, tsunami, and volcanic eruption. Five days of emergency supplies are recommended for families. This is becoming a requirement for businesses, including organizations like churches.

Disasters have provided opportunities for sharing the love of Christ in practical and effective ways among people in Japan who are not usually open to the gospel. We do not look forward to disasters, but if one hits we want to be ready to clothe our church planting ministry with practical Christ-centered compassion.

HOW TO GIVE TO OUR EFCCM MINISTRY

The EFCCM applies a 14% allocation fee to each donation. EFCA/ReachGlobal assesses an additional 5% for funds routed through them. So if you are resident in the US and do not need a US tax deductible receipt (e.g., you are a church), then it is most effective to route your donations to our EFCCM ministry directly through the EFCCM.

Personal gifts given through either the EFCC or the EFCA will become donations to our ministry account and cannot be used for our personal purposes.

(From the EFCCM: "Spending of funds is confined to organization approved programs and projects. Each restricted contribution designated towards an organization approved program or project will be used as designated with the understanding that, when the need for such a program or project has been met or cannot be completed for any reason determined by the organization, the remaining restricted contributions designated for such program or project will be used where needed most.”)

Giving through USA

If you would like to contribute to our EFCCM Ministry Expansion Fund, please send us an email after you donate or use the contact form on this site, telling us which project (e.g., "TMC Church Planting Startup“) so that we can track your contribution through the system.